Candidates for election at the 16th WJC Plenary Assembly - World Jewish Congress
World

Marcos Peckel

Nomination for Ad Personam Executive Committee Members
5 individuals to be elected

Bio

Born in Colombia to German Jewish Parents.

Graduated in the Technion, Israel, Masters at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Father of two Children 24 and 21.

International Affairs columnist at two of the main dailies in Colombia, El Espectador and El País.

Professor of Middle East and South Asia at Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Advisor on Middle East issues, Arab spring and Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presidency of Colombia.

Lecturer on Middle East at the Diplomatic Academy adjunct to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Author of many articles on Judaism, Middle East and international affairs.

Executive Director of the Confederación de Comunidades Judías de Colombia (concurrent with all previous Jobs).

Former President of Centro Israelita de Bogotá (Ashkenazi Comunity).

Awarded the CICLA Prize in Israel, given to Latin-American Jewish leaders, October 2012.